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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shift will take place in the future Toffler describes?
(a) From blue-collar to white-collar.
(b) From white-collar to blue-collar.
(c) From first-shift to second-shift.
(d) From second-shift to third shift.

2. How do the social experiences Toffler defines register the development of culture?
(a) They are compressed in time, accelerated.
(b) They are delayed in time.
(c) They are shunted aside as people spend time in individual pursuits.
(d) They are prevented from following their traditional development.

3. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?
(a) The right to free speech.
(b) The political stability.
(c) The freedom from the past.
(d) The fast-paced life.

4. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Technical workers.
(c) Doctors and dentists.
(d) Agricultural workers.

5. How does Toffler describe the "modular man's" relationships?
(a) They are interchangeable based on roles.
(b) They are replicable from one place to another.
(c) They are limited to specific roles.
(d) They are optimized for efficiency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?

2. What is the benefit of cultural transience to manufacturers?

3. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?

4. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?

5. What is the economics of transience?

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